The Pelicans needed more wings. Coming into the off season, their best wing player was Quincy Pondexter, who just had two knee surgeries in one year. As we saw with Norris Cole last year, there is no guarantee that QPon will be able to come back and give the Pelicans the same production that he did at the end of the 2014-15 NBA season.
Unfortunately for the Pelicans, versatile wing players are the hottest commodity in the NBA right now. Luckily, the bone-headed Pacers declined to pick up the 4th year rookie option on one of their versatile wing players, Solomon Hill.